Dr. T. Jeevan Kumar works as an Assistant Professor of English in a Government College (UG & PG), affiliated to Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh, India. He won the Smt. Movva Venkata Lakshmi Rama Sarma Memorial Gold Medal and also the Smt. Vasagiri Kamalamma Memorial Prize for securing first rank in post-graduation. He obtained his Doctoral degree from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu. He has ten years of teaching experience in the institutions of higher learning. He presented more than fifty papers in national as well as international seminars on English Literature, English Language Teaching, Communicative English, and on Teacher Development. His areas of interest include Modern British Drama, Commonwealth Literature, Literary Criticism, Indian English Literature, and Communicative English. He has published nearly fifty research articles in several anthologies, refereed and reputed Journals such as International Journal of English and Literature, New Academia, The Challenge, Re-Markings, International Journal of the Frontiers of English, ELK Asia Pacific Journal of Social Science, Thematics, The Literary Criterion, ICFAI University Journal of English Studies, The IUP Journal of American Literature, MAJELL, Vishwabharati, and Triveni etc. His books on Harold Pinter (Lambert Publishing House, Germany) and Post-Modern Trends in Indian English Fiction (Research India Press, New Delhi) are accepted for publication and are in publication now.
Ten Years of Experience in teaching English Language and Literature in the institutions of higher learning
Attended and presented papers in more than fifty National and International Seminars and published around forty papers in National and International Refereed Journals
a) International Journals
S. No. |
Title of the Article |
Name of the Journal, ISSN, Volume, |
1. |
Adrienne Rich’s The Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law: A Study |
International Journal of English and Literature (ISSN 2141-2626), Vol.4 (6), _ August 2013: 254-258. (Lagos, Nigeria) |
b) Online Journals
1. |
Ahmed Ali: A Progressive Writer |
The English Literature Journal, Aizeon Publishers, Vol.1, No.2, March 2014: 56- 61. http://english.aizeonpublishers.net/ |
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2. |
The Predicament of Poor: A Reading of Mahasweta Devi’s |
International Journal of the Frontiers of English Literature and the Patterns of ELT (ISSN 2320-2505), Vol.1, Issue 2, July, ___________________________________________ 2013. |
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3. |
Black Feminist Consciousness: Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place |
The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165), Vol.4, Issue II, April 2013. |
4. |
Herta Muller: The Voice of the Dispossessed |
Impressions, A Referred Bi-annual Journal (ISSN 0974-892X), Vol. V, Issue 1, January 2011. http://impressions.50webs.org/ |
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c) International Refereed/Peer-Reviewed Journals:
1. |
Theme of Identity in the Novels of Patrick Modiano |
Accepted for Publication - Research Scholar: An International e-Journal of |
2. |
The Best Method to Teach English Language1. |
ELK Asia Pacific Journals, Special Issue, Translation, Language & Literature |
3. |
Novels of Rabindranath Tagore – A Critical Study |
Scholar Critic: An International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, (ISSN 2348-6937), Vol.1, Issue 3, |
4. |
Feminist Perspective in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara |
Research Scholar: An International e‑ Journal of Literary Explorations (ISSN 2320-2101), Vol.II, Issue III, August 2014: 359-367. |
5. |
Wole Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest: A Political Satire |
Research Scholar: An International e‑ Journal of Literary Explorations (ISSN 2320-2101), Vol.I, Issue III, August 2013: 1-8. |
6. |
Journey Towards Self-Discovery: A Study of Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners |
The Challenge: An International Journal of Art, Culture, Language & Literature (ISSN 2278-9499), Vol.22, No.2, July-Dec., 2013: 17-25. |
7. |
Naipaul’s The Masque of Africa: A Study |
Re-Markings, a biannual International Journal of English Letters (ISSN 0972- 611X), Vol.12, No.1, March 2013: 32-38. |
8. |
The Poetry of Earle Birney: A Study |
The IUP Journal of American Literature (ISSN 0974-6579), Vol.5, Issue 1, February 2012: 53-60. |
9. |
The Role of Computer in Teacher Education |
Thematics Journal of English Language Teaching: A Peer-Reviewed International Journal of English Studies (ISSN 2231- 4873), Vol.1, Issue 3, September 2011: 28- 32. |
10. |
Expressionism in O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra |
The IUP Journal of American Literature (ISSN 0974-6579), Vol.IV, No.2, May 2011: 63-73. |
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11. |
Syed Ameeruddin’s Poetry: A Study |
MAJELL: An International Peer-reviewed Bi-annual Journal (ISSN 0974-9268), |
12. |
Fight Against Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism: Ngugi’s Weep |
Thematics: A Peer-Reviewed International Research Journal of English Studies (ISSN 0975-8313), Vol.2, January 2011: 116- 120. |
13. |
Orhan Pamuk, an icon of Istanbul |
ICFAI University Journal of English Studies (ISSN 0973-3728), Vol.III, No.3, |
d) National Refereed Journals:
1. |
ICT – A New Wave in Teaching English Literature |
ELT@I Tirupati Chapter Journal of English Language and Literature: A Peer-Reviewed Refereed Biannual Journal (ISSN 2349- 2295), Vol.2, Issue 1, April 2015. |
2. |
Soft Skills – The Need of the Hour |
ELT@I Tirupati Chapter Journal of English Language and Literature: A Peer-Reviewed Refereed Biannual Journal (ISSN 2349- 2295), Vol.1, Issue 1, April 2014. |
3. |
Teaching Speaking: From Fluency to Accuracy |
The Journal of English Language Teaching: A Peer-Reviewed Journal (ISSN 0973- |
4. |
Manohar Malgonkar, a Stark Chronicler |
Triveni: India’s Literary and Cultural Quarterly (ISSN 0041-3135), Vol.82, No.2, April-June 2013: 39-42. |
5. |
Quicksand-like Characteristics of Memory: A Study of Harold Pinter’s A Kind of Alaska |
Vishwabharati: A Multi-Disciplinary National Refereed Research Journal (ISSN 0975-9883), Vol.I, Issue 2, June 2010: 66- 71. |
6. |
An Exploration of Feminine Psyche in the Doris Lessing Canon |
Journal of Literatures in English (0976- 8262), Vol.3, Jan-June 2010. |
7. |
Humanism in Tagore’s Gitanjali |
Triveni (ISSN 0041-3135), Vol.78, April-June, No.2, 2009: 39-41. |
8. |
English as a Global Language |
Triveni (ISSN 0041-3135), Vol.76, Jan.- Mar., No.1, 2007: 32-34. |
9. |
An Entry into Oppression’s Closed _________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |
The Literary Criterion, Vol. XLI, Nos.3 & 4, 2006: 97-105. |